CBC 2022 Speed Mentoring
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Speed Mentoring (February 23rd and 24th, 2022)
The speed mentoring portion of the CBC 2022 is aimed at connecting public servants of all levels (including students and young professionals) with knowledgeable and insightful employees for networking and mentoring (EX status is not a requirement to participate as a mentor). This special series of events enables public service professionals (that’s you!) to virtually connect with and learn from the experiences of GC leaders.
WHAT:
Adapted from our flagship, in-person networking events, this year’s #CBC_CDC will see three, 90-minute sessions of virtual, structured networking. Groups of 5-6 young professionals will meet with one mentor for 15 minutes at a time (through Zoom breakout rooms). There will be four rounds of networking per session.
This will be an opportunity for mentors to share their advice with and answer questions from mentees related to career development, work-life balance, and the inner workings of the Government of Canada. Mentees will be able to ask questions to and seek advice from mentors on the topics that matter most to them as they advance their careers. More information and instructions will follow post registration. #MentorGC
Resources
Coming soon!
WHO:
All public servants are invited to be mentees.
WHEN:
Session 1 (English): Wednesday, February 23, from 5:00 – 6:30 p.m. EST *Registration link will be live on Feb 9*
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Session 2 (French): Thursday, February 24, from 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. EST *Registration link will be live on Feb 9*
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Session 3 (English): Thursday, February 24, from 2:30 – 4:00 p.m. EST *Registration link will be live on Feb 9*
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WHERE:
Online, via Zoom.
Mentors
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| Steven Kasouf | Deputy Director, Operations, Access to Information and Privacy | Department of Fisheries and Oceans | I have been working in the field of Access to Information and Privacy (ATIP) for 10 years and have really enjoyed it. I have worked for four different government departments in various capacities as an Analyst, Team Leader, Deputy Director and even a few months as a Director of ATIP. I have learned a lot about the profession and have worked with great people. I enjoy the manner in which the work is measured in that there is a beginning and an end and then move on to the next file. I enjoy training employees in the profession as well as those that are responsible for responding to ATIP requests and how the process works outside of the ATIP office. There is always very interesting information in processing ATIP requests so I have learned a lot about different departments and what type of information is held under the control of government institutions. |
| Alfred MacLeod | Assistant Deputy Minister, Public Service Accessibility | Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat | Alfred MacLeod was appointed to the position of Assistant Deputy Minister of Public Service Accessibility at Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat in October 2018.
From 2017 to 2018, Alfred was Assistant Deputy Minister at Public Services and Procurement Canada, where he oversaw the Canada Post Corporation Review. Previously, Alfred was Assistant Deputy Minister of PSPC’s Policy, Planning and Communications Branch. Other experience includes a two-year Executive Interchange with CBC/Radio-Canada as Executive Director of Corporate Affairs, as well as previous Assistant Deputy Minister positions at the Privy Council Office and Citizenship and Immigration Canada. Before joining the federal public service, Alfred was Senior Vice-President, Public Policy, at EKOS Research Associates Inc.
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| Christiane Fox | Deputy Minister | Indigenous Services Canada | Christiane Fox was appointed to the position of Deputy Minister of Indigenous Services in September 2020. She is also the Deputy Minister Champion of the Federal Youth Network.
Prior to her appointment, Christiane had been the Deputy Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs since November 2019, and the Deputy Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs and Youth from June 2017 to November 2019. She also held several positions at the Privy Council Office, including Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet, Communications and Consultations, Director of Operations, Policy, in the Federal-Provincial-Territorial Relations Secretariat, and Director General of Communications. Christiane started her career as a Communications Advisor at Industry Canada, now Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada, where she worked in Communications, and in Science Policy. She also spent a year with the Competition Policy Review Secretariat, as the Director of Communications and Consultations. Christiane has a BA in Mass Communications and Psychology from Carleton University, and is a graduate of the University of Ottawa’s Masters Certificate Program in Public Administration. |
| Fiona Crowley | Director of Business Intelligence and Quality Assurance, Western Region |
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Fiona Crowley has worked with Canada Revenue Agency since 2005. She has a Commerce Degree from the University of Manitoba and a CPA, CMA designation and is a graduate of the CRA Middle Management Development Program. Fiona has held various positions within the CRA including working in Audit, Appeals, the Winnipeg Tax Centre, and the Regional Programs Office. She was the acting Assistant Director of the Audit division at the Winnipeg Tax Services Office until May 2021 when she took on the role of Director of Business Intelligence and Quality Assurance for the Western Region.
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| Brock Belliveau | Client Experience Manager, Pension Operations | Public Services and Procurement Canada | Brock Belliveau is the Manager of Specialized Pension Services at the Government of Canada Pension Centre in Shediac, New Brunswick with Public Services and Procurement Canada. After a 13 years as a Human Resources Professional in the Federal Public Service, he continues his pursuit of empowering people, fostering collaboration and pushing the boundaries of innovation and service excellence. An avid sailor and dedicated father, Brock’s pursuit of having a positive impact on those around him can be seen through his volunteer coaching with youth hockey and soccer as well in his active support for community organizations helping those in need. |
| Megan Young | Director of Acceleration, Integration and Emerging Technology | Canada Border Services Agency | Megan Young is the Director of Acceleration, Integration and Emerging Technology within CBSA’s Border Technology Innovation Directorate. She joined the Agency in January 2021, and has followed a meandering route to her current position. Megan graduated from Dalhousie University with a Bachelor of Commerce in Accounting, and despite spending her work terms and summers working with HRSDC (now ESDC) and International Trade Canada (now part of GAC), she started her career in the private sector. Megan worked as an auditor at Deloitte, helped to shore up the Canadian automotive supply chain at Export Development Canada during the 2008 financial crisis, and joined the Royal Canadian Navy for a few years.
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| John Medcof | Lead Faculty | Canada School of Public Service | John Medcof is Lead Faculty at the Canada School of Public Service. In this role he facilitates executive leadership programs and provides strategic advice and direction on executive learning and faculty recruitment. Prior to this role, John was Director General of Transferable Skills at the School. In addition to his experience in learning design and delivery, John has extensive experience developing policies and programs, and working in a central agency. Before joining the School, John was the Executive Director of Strategic Policy at the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat. He joined the Government of Canada in 2004 after a career in business in the private sector. John is passionate about promoting human-centered leadership at all levels, as well as diversity, equity and inclusion in the public service. He works from Ottawa but is an advocate for distributed teams and regional perspectives. |
| Julie Bastarache | Director General, Evaluation and Integrated Risk Management | Public Services and Procurement Canada | Julie is a bilingual CPA, CA and CFE with over 20 years of global experience in the private, public and humanitarian sectors. She considers herself an ‘expert’ generalist and an agent of change who is energized by modernization, transformation, learning and problem-solving in creative ways. Mentoring, coaching and facilitating the development of others ‘fills her bucket’. After spending several years living and traveling abroad, including spending almost 2 years in Haiti post 2010 earthquake, she returned to Canada to rejoin the public service after almost 10 years, bringing with her new perspectives and competencies to serve Canadians. |
| Kelly Gillis | Deputy Minister | Infrastructure and Communities | Kelly Gillis was appointed Deputy Minister, Infrastructure and Communities in September 2017. Infrastructure Canada is the Government of Canada department that provides long-term, predictable support to help Canadians benefit from world-class, modern public infrastructure; makes investments, builds partnerships, develops policies, delivers programs, and fosters knowledge about public infrastructure in Canada; and helps address complex challenges that Canadians face every day, ranging from the rapid growth of our cities, to climate change, and environmental threats to our water and land.
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| Philippe Thompson | Chief Finances, Results and Delivery Officer | Indigenous Services Canada | Since July 2019, Philippe Thompson has been the Chief Finances, Results and Delivery Officer (CFRDO) at Indigenous Services Canada (ISC). The CFRDO Sector is responsible for providing leadership and ensuring effective management of departmental Finance. The Sector is the departmental lead on integrated planning, results and delivery, parliamentary reporting and provides facility management, security and procurement services to the whole Department. It also manages the departmental Information Technology, Data Management and Information Management functions.
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| Tammy Branch | Assistant Commissioner of Appeals Branch | Canada Revenue Agency | Tammy Branch was named the Assistant Commissioner of the Appeals Branch on October 12, 2021.
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| Catherine Massé | Director General | Canada Revenue Agency | Catherine Massé joined the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) in January 2018 as the Director General, Relief, Redress and Branch Services Directorate in the Appeals Branch. In this role, which she continues to exercise, she is responsible for the overall management of the Taxpayer Relief Program and the Canada Pension Plan/Employment Insurance Appeals and Litigation programs. She is also responsible for delivering a number of branch management and support services.
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| Caroline Leclerc | Assistant Deputy Minister, Partnerships for Development Innovation (KFM) | Global Affairs Canada | Caroline Leclerc is a graduate of the University of Ottawa’s École de Droit civil and was admitted to the Quebec Bar Association in 1994. She joined the federal government in 1995 and occupied several positions of increasing level and complexity before joining the Canadian International Development Agency in 2005, which formed part of Global Affairs as of 2013.
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| Jean Cardinal | Director, Open Government | Directeur, Gouvernement ouvert | Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat | Secrétariat du Conseil du Trésor du Canada | Jean Cardinal is currently the Director of Open Government at Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat
In 2012, he then joined the Canada School of Public Service where he has held a variety of leadership positions in learning and development related to specialized fields of study including, but not limited to: Information management & technology, access to information & privacy, human resources, finance, security, etc.
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| Kristen Petruska | Director of the Strategic Analytics and Horizontal Integration in the Account Security Directorate | Canada Revenue Agency | Kristen Petruska joined the public service in 2006. With over 15 years of experience with the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), she has worked in statistics, strategic policy, enterprise risk management, issues management, and program evaluation. She was appointed to the executive community in 2016 and she is currently providing leadership as a Director within the CRA’s Account Security Directorate, helping to ensure a consistent and enterprise-wide approach across business lines. |
| Virginie Mongeon | A/DG, Enterprise Change & Learning Academy
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Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada | Virginie aime construire avec énergie et intégrité. Sa passion pour les communications et l'apprentissage continu ont placé les gens au centre de tous ses projets. Sa carrière dans la fonction publique s'étend sur plus de 20 ans et couvre un large éventail de ministères et de mandats (Patrimoine canadien, Santé Canada, Environnement et Changement climatique Canada, Immigration, Réfugiés et Citoyenneté Canada), plusieurs secrétariats (Jeux olympiques et paralympiques d'hiver de 2010 à Vancouver et Canada 150) et des projets transformateurs. Plus récemment, elle a modernisé l'apprentissage et le développement à IRCC, en y intégrant la gestion du changement pour une approche plus consciente du leadership du changement. Collaboratrice et curieuse de nature, Virginie recherche les occasions de créer un espace pour que les gens puissent co-concevoir des solutions futures pour aujourd'hui. Fière mère de trois jeunes adultes, Charlotte (20 ans et qui a récemment déménagé pour l'université !), Pénélope (18 ans et qui a obtenu sa première voiture) et Elliot (16 ans qui a hâte de terminer ses études secondaires), elle partage maintenant un bureau à domicile avec un conjoint nouvellement retraité. |
| Lily Spek | Recruitment Lead, Canada's Free Agents | Natural Resources Canada | Lily Spek has been a Free Agent for 5 years, and is currently the Recruitment Lead for Canada’s Free Agents as her 8th assignment. She has completed Free Agent assignments at the Heritage Canada, Federal Youth Network, Indigenous Services Canada, Canada’s Free Agents, Immigration Citizenship and Refugees Canada, and the Privy Council Office. She completed her Masters of Public Administration at Queen’s University, as well as a Bachelor of Public Affairs and Policy Management at Carleton University. Lily helps facilitate weekly OneTeamGov virtual sessions on Mondays and Fridays; open to anyone interested in public sector reform, or looking for connection while we work from home. |
| Frank Assu | Free Agent, GovernexxVI Co-Manager, BCFC SDN Co-Chair
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Environment and Climate Change Canada | Frank joined the ECCC’s Innovation and Youth Engagement Division (IYED) in May 2021 as a Senior Policy Analyst. Since May 2018 Frank has worked remotely full time from Comox, BC on Vancouver Island. This is when he joined the Free Agent program after four years as a Border Officer with CBSA. For the past three years Frank has worked for Service Canada, Canada School of Public Service, Public Service and Procurement Canada, and Indigenous Services Canada. Primarily on remote work files, future of work files, or as a Senior Advisory/Analyst. Frank is very supportive and always involved with projects. He is a co-manager/chair of two volunteer networks (GovernexxVI and BCFC Sustainable Development Network) and champion of Remote Work in the public service. Frank has 4 kids (3 are adults) and a 7 year old granddaughter. He holds a Bachelor of Education degree with minors in Canadian History and First Nation Studies. |
| Gina Scaramuzzi | A/Manager ICMS, Values &Ethics and Organizational Development | Canadian Grain Commission | Gina joined the Canadian grain commission in March 2020 as a senior hr advisor to lead executive talent & performance management and the CGC’s learning strategy. Then, two weeks later, the pandemic took over and pivoted to focus on covid business recovery, the future of work and took on the acting manager role. Previous work experience includes working at the Canada school of public service from 2009-2020, as a learning advisor, regional manager and as the client relations and events manager for the prairies and NWT region. Gina has facilitated hundreds of courses and learning events and is certified in insights discovery, disc, appreciation in the workplace, emotional intelligence and effective decision making. Gina was recognized with numerous awards, most notable the 2017 deputy minister future leader award. She also was the regional liaison for the university of Winnipeg for deputy minister university champion Janine Sherman and co-lead the speed staffing event at the university of Winnipeg in partnership with the public service commission. Gina believes anything is possible with an engaged and passionate team. She is a prairie girl who received her Bachelor of Science degree and certificate in hr management from the University of Manitoba and attended a French immersion school in jr. high. Gina enjoys traveling with her family and friends. She is a soccer wife, soccer mom and somehow is the team manager. |
| Michael Mills | Assistant Deputy Minister, Procurement Branch | PSPC | Michael Mills was appointed Assistant Deputy Minister of Procurement Branch at Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) in December 2021. In his role, Michael is the lead on pandemic response procurement, along with assuming responsibility for vaccine procurement and the management and administration of the Branch. Up to recently, Michael was the Associate Assistant Deputy Minister (AADM) of the Branch's logistics and COVID-19 response teams where he was and still remains responsible for the procurement and delivery of Personal Protective Equipment and Testing supplies for front line and essential workers and procures testing supplies to support Canada's testing strategy. Michael is the Reconciliation Champion, as PSPC is committed to advancing reconciliation, as well as the Champion of the Young Professionals Network.
Michael has worked for a federal Crown corporation called Public-Private Partnerships Canada, previously known as P3 Canada, where he was Vice-President of Investments. Michael and his team assisted clients from all levels of government to structure public-private partnership transactions and to implement successful public-private partnership procurement strategies. Prior to working at P3 Canada, Michael held various positions with Crown-Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada, Department of Finance Canada and Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada.
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| Gorazd Ruseski, Ph.D. | Director General | Directeur général
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DFO | Gorazd (Gor) Ruseski has over twenty years of experience in the federal Public Service, most of which has been in various positions at Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) and Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canda (CIRNAC), and most recently in positions involving Indigenous rights and reconciliation. As the Director General of Indigenous Affairs in the Fisheries and Harbour Management Sector at DFO, Gor is responsible for contributing to the department’s approach to implementing treaty rights and interests on the east coast, supporting treaty and non-treaty agreement negotiations and implementation across the country, and overseeing the ongoing delivery and renewal of the Department’s suite of Indigenous commercial and collaborative programs. While at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada, Gor was the Director of Partnerships and Coordination in the Lands and Economic Development Sector, with responsibility for implementing the Government’s agenda on Indigenous economic development. Prior to this, Gor held positions at DFO and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada as an economist and an international trade officer, respectively. Gor holds a PhD in Economics from the University of British Columbia, specializing in natural resource economics, environmental economics, and international trade. Prior to joining the federal Public Service, Gor was an Assistant Professor in the Economics Department at Saint Francis Xavier University. |
| Darren Deneumoustier | Director General, Citizen Services Branch (CSB) | Service Canada | Darren Deneumoustier, Director General, Citizen Services Branch (CSB), began his career in the federal government in 1993 as a PM01 Supervisor in the Collingwood Canada Employment Centre for Students. In his tenure of over 30 years with the public service, he has held various executive leadership portfolios that include Executive Director, Business Expertise, Executive Director, Integrity Services, Director, Business Infrastructure Management and Procurement in the Chief Financial Officer Branch, and Area Director for the Lakeland and Kitchener Service Areas. Additionally, Darren has central agency experience working for the Treasury Board Secretariat as a Senior Analyst within the Service Innovation Directorate.
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| Angela Renwick | Policy Analyst (NEB-09/EC-05) | CER-REC | Angela holds a Master of Public Administration (MPA) from Queen’s University and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of Alberta. She has worked in policy, programs, and operations for the provincial governments of Ontario, Alberta, and the City of Calgary. Angela is currently in a two-year term position as a policy analyst with the Canada Energy Regulator Business Commission team in Calgary, Alberta.
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| Jason Fox | Director, Research and Strategy, Office of the Chief Human Resources Officer | TBS | Jason has 20 years’ experience as a public servant in various HR disciplines. He began as a Learning Advisor at the Department of National Defence and has worked as Senior Advisor at the Privy Council Office (Public Service Renewal Secretariat) and Director of Human Capital Strategies at the Public Prosecution Service of Canada. He is currently Director, Research and Strategy at the Office of the Chief Human Resources Officer in the Research, Planning and Renewal Sector. Jason is also a professional Coach. |
| Ümit Mustafa Kiziltan | Chief Data Officer | IRCC | Ümit Mustafa Kiziltan has been a Public Service executive since 2006, leading multiculturalism, citizenship, and refugee health policies and operations. Prior to being appointed as the first Chief Data Officer at Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) in 2019, he was the Director General of Research and Evaluation at IRCC for 9 years, leading research data development, evaluation, and knowledge mobilization. Before joining the Public Service, Ümit worked in academia and for civil society organizations and First Nations in community based indigenous control of indigenous education and international development. Ümit is currently preoccupied with the increasing fragility of liberal democracies across the world, which fuels his commitment to improving access to quality data and evidence-based analysis in support of effective and accountable public policies. linkedin.com/in/ümit-mustafa-kiziltan-2600294b |
| David M. Nanang, PhD | Associate Vice President | Vice-président associé | Canadian Food Inspection Agency | Dr. David Nanang is Associate Vice-President of Operations at the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA). Before joining the CFIA in May 2021, he was the Regional Director General for the Central and Arctic Region of Fisheries and Oceans Canada for 2 years. Prior to that, he was the Director General at Natural Resources Canada's Great Lakes Forestry Centre in Sault Ste. Marie. David has held several positions of increasing responsibility within the federal government over the last 19 years.
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| Stéphanie Drouin | Executive Director for CARM Change Enablement | CBSA | I have had the privilege of being with the Government of Canada for 22 years, and have worked for multiple departments including Environment (and Climate Change) Canada, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Public Services and procurement Canada, the former Canada Revenue Agency, and Shared Services Canada. I have had career opportunities that had me in various classifications throughout my career – Administrative Services, Purchasing and Supply, Physical Science Group, Director General, including the privilege of being a Strategic Advisor to a Senior Associate Assistant Deputy Minister.
My family is here in Ottawa and I became an Aunt during COVID (It’s a girl!). I look forward to meeting new people and working collaboratively to advance talent in the Government of Canada. |
| John Marquis | Director, Fraser Valley Tax Services Office | CRA-ARC | John joined the Canada Revenue Agency in 1991 in the Vancouver Tax Services Office (VTSO) as a Business Auditor. He subsequently worked in a number of diverse areas including Tax Avoidance, SR&ED, GST / HST Rulings and the regional office as a Program Advisor. John was appointed as Assistant Director of the SR&ED Division in VTSO in May of 2007. In September of 2009 he moved to the Surrey Tax Centre where he worked as Assistant Director of Individual Returns & Compliance and subsequently as Assistant Director of the Business Returns Division. John took on an assignment as the Regional Director of Programs before being appointed as Chief of Appeals in 2013. In November 2016 John became director of the Surrey Tax Centre and led the transition to what is now the Surrey National Verification and Collections Centre before joining the Fraser Valley TSO as office director in February 2020. John is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA, CGA), holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Simon Fraser University and is a graduate of the MMDP Program and "Direxion". |
| Abe Greenspoon | Assistant Director, Enterprise Change and Learning Academy | IRCC | Abe joined the federal public service in 2009 as part of the Post-Secondary Recruitment program. He’s worked at eight different departments in his 12 year career, with roles in program management, policy, communications, engagement, human resources, organizational health, and most recently, change management. Two things Abe is very proud of: 1) launching the departmental young professionals’ network at Industry Canada, called InterConnex; and, 2) designing, implementing, and growing Canada’s Free Agents, a program to promote mobility and autonomy for public servants. |
| Jodi Rai | Jodi is a mom, social justice advocate, Free Agent and founder of heyHUMANTIS, a People & Culture consulting, learning, and coaching social venture. She is on a mission to bring humanity into our workplaces and communities and does this by elevating people and cultivating intentional living. When working on projects, Jodi has a ‘keeping-it-real’ and caring approach while drawing on legislation, jurisprudence, behavioural theories, organizational behaviour research, neuroscience, and systems thinking. She also has created and works with an ‘elevating human potential’ framework, called Intentification, to co-create happy individuals and teams.
Her superpowers are flexibility, empathy, strategic thinking, solid interpersonal skills and communication skills. Jodi’s Qualifications include: ·A Masters in Organizational Leadership and a Bachelors of Commerce in Industrial Relations Management ·Certifications in coaching, instructional design, facilitating dialogue, emotional intelligence, personality profiles, and Mental Health First Aid. ·Extensive experience (over 19 years) in HR within the Canadian Federal Public Service across three departments. ·Working and volunteering in the not-for-profit sector. ·Management consulting as a Free Agent with Canada’s Free Agents for over three years. | ||
| Daphne Guerrero | Daphne started her career in communications, working for nonprofits, government departments and on Parliament Hill as a press secretary. Part accident and part by design, her career in the public service has been an exploration of digital policy, citizen engagement, and futures thinking. She was one of Canada’s Free Agents from 2016 to 2021 and now leads research and guidance at the Office of the Privacy Comissioner. | ||
| Stephanie Kirkland | ADM | PSPC | Stephanie Kirkland was appointed Assistant Deputy Minister of the Pay Administration Branch at PSPC on June 3, 2019.
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